SIPA EVENT: Eason Jordan of IraqSlogger; ex-CNN
You are invited to this SIPA event. Eason Jordan will be joined by his
colleague, Anna Shen, J-school 1993 graduate. Anna’s e-mail: annashen[at]hotmail.com
Brown Bag lunch on Thursday, Feb 8, 12:30-1:30PM
International Affairs Building - Room 410
420 West 118th St
“Media, Violence and the Iraq War” with Eason Jordan, Former CNN
executive and founder of the IraqSlogger news site.
Jordan will discuss press coverage of the Iraq War, the dangers
journalists face there and what we can expect as the situation
continues to deteriorate.
A frequent visitor to Iraq, Jordan worked for 23 years with CNN,
where he rose through the ranks to become the network’s Chief News
Executive and President of Newsgathering and International
Networks. Jordan oversaw CNN’s news coverage, global expansion, and
international relations. He orchestrated CNN’s award-winning
reporting of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, former Yugoslavia, and
Somalia. He also directed CNN’s coverage of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the 1989
crackdown in Tiananmen Square. He traveled around the world on
behalf of CNN and reported on-air himself from such countries as
Iraq and North Korea. After two of his CNN colleagues were killed
by insurgents in Iraq in 2004, Jordan co-founded and co-chaired the
Iraq News Safety Group, and on behalf of the Group met senior
U.S.and Iraqi officials to address the safety concerns of news
organizations whose journalists report from Iraq.
Sponsored by the International Media and Communications
Concentration
